Morphology of gills of the seawater fish Cathorops spixii (Agassiz) (Ariidae) by scanning and transmission electron microscopy

Eiras-Stofella, Daura R.; Fank-de-Carvalho, Suzane M.

doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000400026

Abstract

Gills of the seawater fish Cathorops spixii (Agassiz, 1829) were submitted to routine processing for observation in scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The wrinkled surface of the gill filaments showed well-defined cellular ultrastructures. Microridges on cellular surface were projected over all gill structures, including respiratory lamellae. Chloride cells were usually at primary lamellae. Some rodlet cells were found. Mucous secretory cells were uncommon at all parts of the gill arches. The pharyngeal region of the gill arches showed a lot of taste buds but no spines. There were small and strong rakers. Such morphology is indicative of fishes that swallow small food but do not have filtering habits. At the ultrastructural level the gills of C. spixii presented the typical morphological pattern of Teleostei fishes.

Cathorops spixii, gill; morphology; ultrastructures; fish

Morphology of gills of the seawater fish Cathorops spixii (Agassiz) (Ariidae) by scanning and transmission electron microscopy

Daura R. Eiras-Stofella^I; Suzane M. Fank-de-Carvalho^II

^ICentra de Microscopia Eletrônica, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19031, 81530-900 Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. E-mail: eirasstf@bio.ufpr.br

^IIE-mail: suzanecarvalho@yahoo.com.br

ABSTRACT

Gills of the seawater fish Cathorops spixii (Agassiz, 1829) were submitted to routine processing for observation in scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The wrinkled surface of the gill filaments showed well-defined cellular ultrastructures. Microridges on cellular surface were projected over all gill structures, including respiratory lamellae. Chloride cells were usually at primary lamellae. Some rodlet cells were found. Mucous secretory cells were uncommon at all parts of the gill arches. The pharyngeal region of the gill arches showed a lot of taste buds but no spines. There were small and strong rakers. Such morphology is indicative of fishes that swallow small food but do not have filtering habits. At the ultrastructural level the gills of C. spixii presented the typical morphological pattern of Teleostei fishes.

Key words:Cathorops spixii, gill, morphology, ultrastructures, fish

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. To Vera Regina Fontana Pionteke for her help with the photographic work in this paper and to the National Research Council for Brazil (CNPq) for the partial financial support.

Received in 10.VI.2002; accepted in 07.XI.2002.

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Barber, DL. & J.E. Mills Westermann. 1985. The rodlet cell of Semotilus atromaculatus and Catostomus commersoni (Teleostei): studies on its identity using histochemistry and Dnase I - gold, Rnase A - gold, and S1 nuclease - gold labeling techniques. Can. Jour. Zool. 64:805-813.
Batista, V.S. & F.N. Rego. 1996. Fish associations in creeks of a river in the island of São Luis, northeastern Brazil. Rev. Brasil. Biol. 56(1):163-176.
Chaves, P.T.C. & M.F.M. Corrêa. 1998. Composição ictiofaunística da área de manguezal da Baía de Guaratuba, Paraná, Brasil. Revta bras. Zool. 15(1):195-202.
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Desser, S.S. & R. Lester. 1975. An ultrastructural study of the enigmatic "rodlet cells" in the white sucker, Catostomus commersoni (Lacépède) (Pisces: Catostomidae). Can. Jour. Zool. 53:1483-1494.
Dezfuli, B.S.; E. Simoni.; R. Rossi & M. Manera. 2000. Rodlet cells and other inflammatory cells of Phoxinus phoxinus infected with Raphidascaris acus (Nematoda). Dis. Aquat. Org. 43:61-69.
Eiras-Stofella, D.R.; P. Charvet-Almeida. 1997. Gills of the freshwater fish Hypostomus commersonii Val., 1840 (Loricariidae) analyzed trough electron microscopy techniques. Braz. Arch. Biol. Technol., Curitiba, 40(4):785-792.
______. 1998. Ultrastructure of the gills of Prochilodus scrofa Steindachner (Pisces, Teleostei). Revta bras. Zool. 15(2):279-287.
______. 2000. Gills scanning images of the sea-water fish Eugenes brasilianus (Gerreidae). Braz. Arch. Biol. Technol., Curitiba, 43(4):421-423.
Eiras-Stofella, D.R.; P. Charvet-Almeida; E. Fanta & A.C.C. Vianna. 2001. Surface ultrastructure of the gills of the mullets Mugil curema, M. liza and M. platanus (Mugilidae, Pisces). Jour. Morphol. 246:122-133.
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Fernandes, M.N. & S.A. Perna. 1995. Internal morphology of the gill of a loricariid fish, Hypostomus plecostomus: arterio-arterial vasculature and muscle organization. Can. Jour. Zool. 73:2259-2265.
Figueiredo, J.L. & L.A. Menezes. 1978. Manual de peixes marinhos do sudeste do Brasil. 2. Teleostei. São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, 110p.
Hossler, F.E. 1980. Gill arch of the mullet, Mugil cephalus III. Rate of response to salinity change. Am. Jour. Physiol. 238:R160-R164.
Hossler, F.E.; J.R. Ruby; T.D. McIlwain. 1979.The gill arch of the mullet, Mugil cephalus I. Surface ultrastructure. Jour. Exp. Zool. 208:379-398.
Hossler, F.E.; J.H. Harpole; J.A. King. 1986. The gill arch of the striped bass Marone saxatilis. I. Surface ultrastructure. Jour. Submicrosc. Cytol. 18:518-528.
Hughes, G.M. 1972. Gills of a living coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae. Experientia 28:1301-1302.
______. 1984. General anatomy of the gills, p. 1-72. In: W.S. Hoar & D.J. Randall (Eds). Fish Physiology. Orlando, Academic Press, 456p.
Isaac, V.J. & U. Souza de Moura. 1998. The food consumption rate of three populations of fish of the estuary of the Caete River, Bragança Municipality, State of Pará, on the northern coast of Brazil. Mus. Paraense Emílio Goeldi, sér. Zool., 14(1):57-75.
Koponem, K. & M.S. Myers. 1999. Seasonal changes in intra and interorgan occurrence of rodlet cells in freswater bream. Jour. Fish. Biol. 50:250-263.
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Leino, R.L. 1996. Reaction of rodlet cells to a myxosporean infection in kidney of the bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus. Can. Jour. Zool. 74:217-225.
Mazon, A. de F.; M.N. Fernandes; M.A. Nolasco & W. Severi. 1998. Functional morphology of gills and respiratory area of two active rheophilii fish species, Plagioscion squamosissimus and Prochilodus scrofa. Jour. Fish. Biol. 52:50-61.
Moron, S.E. & M.N. Fernandes. 1996. Pavement cell ultrastructural differences on Hoplias malabaricus gill epithelia. Jour. Fish Biol. 49:357-362.
Tijaro, R.; M. Rueda; A. Santos-Martinez. 1998. Population dynamics of the Madamango sea catfish Cathorops spixii at the Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta and Pajarales coastal lagoons, Colombian Caribbean. Bol. Invest. Marinas y Costeras, Cerro Punta Betin, 27:87-102.
Zavala-Camin, L.A. 1996. Introdução aos estudos sobre alimentação natural em peixes. Maringá, Eduem, 129p.

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[2] Barber, DL. & J.E. Mills Westermann. 1985. The rodlet cell of Semotilus atromaculatus and Catostomus commersoni (Teleostei): studies on its identity using histochemistry and Dnase I - gold, Rnase A - gold, and S1 nuclease - gold labeling techniques. Can. Jour. Zool. 64:805-813.

[3] Batista, V.S. & F.N. Rego. 1996. Fish associations in creeks of a river in the island of São Luis, northeastern Brazil. Rev. Brasil. Biol. 56(1):163-176.

[4] Chaves, P.T.C. & M.F.M. Corrêa. 1998. Composição ictiofaunística da área de manguezal da Baía de Guaratuba, Paraná, Brasil. Revta bras. Zool. 15(1):195-202.

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[6] Desser, S.S. & R. Lester. 1975. An ultrastructural study of the enigmatic "rodlet cells" in the white sucker, Catostomus commersoni (Lacépède) (Pisces: Catostomidae). Can. Jour. Zool. 53:1483-1494.

[7] Dezfuli, B.S.; E. Simoni.; R. Rossi & M. Manera. 2000. Rodlet cells and other inflammatory cells of Phoxinus phoxinus infected with Raphidascaris acus (Nematoda). Dis. Aquat. Org. 43:61-69.

[8] Eiras-Stofella, D.R.; P. Charvet-Almeida. 1997. Gills of the freshwater fish Hypostomus commersonii Val., 1840 (Loricariidae) analyzed trough electron microscopy techniques. Braz. Arch. Biol. Technol., Curitiba, 40(4):785-792.

[9] ______. 1998. Ultrastructure of the gills of Prochilodus scrofa Steindachner (Pisces, Teleostei). Revta bras. Zool. 15(2):279-287.

[10] ______. 2000. Gills scanning images of the sea-water fish Eugenes brasilianus (Gerreidae). Braz. Arch. Biol. Technol., Curitiba, 43(4):421-423.

[11] Eiras-Stofella, D.R.; P. Charvet-Almeida; E. Fanta & A.C.C. Vianna. 2001. Surface ultrastructure of the gills of the mullets Mugil curema, M. liza and M. platanus (Mugilidae, Pisces). Jour. Morphol. 246:122-133.

[12] Espírito Santo, R.V. do & V.J. Isaac. 1999. Alimentação e aspectos da reprodução da uricica Cathorops spixii (Agassiz, 1829) (Osteychthyes, Siluriformes, Ariidae), no estuário do Rio Caeté (Município de Bragança-PA). Mus. Paraense Emílio Goeldi, sér. Zool., 15(1):95-111.

[13] Fernandes, M.N. & S.A. Perna. 1995. Internal morphology of the gill of a loricariid fish, Hypostomus plecostomus: arterio-arterial vasculature and muscle organization. Can. Jour. Zool. 73:2259-2265.

[14] Figueiredo, J.L. & L.A. Menezes. 1978. Manual de peixes marinhos do sudeste do Brasil. 2. Teleostei. São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, 110p.

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[16] Hossler, F.E.; J.R. Ruby; T.D. McIlwain. 1979.The gill arch of the mullet, Mugil cephalus I. Surface ultrastructure. Jour. Exp. Zool. 208:379-398.

[17] Hossler, F.E.; J.H. Harpole; J.A. King. 1986. The gill arch of the striped bass Marone saxatilis. I. Surface ultrastructure. Jour. Submicrosc. Cytol. 18:518-528.

[18] Hughes, G.M. 1972. Gills of a living coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae. Experientia 28:1301-1302.

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[20] Isaac, V.J. & U. Souza de Moura. 1998. The food consumption rate of three populations of fish of the estuary of the Caete River, Bragança Municipality, State of Pará, on the northern coast of Brazil. Mus. Paraense Emílio Goeldi, sér. Zool., 14(1):57-75.

[21] Koponem, K. & M.S. Myers. 1999. Seasonal changes in intra and interorgan occurrence of rodlet cells in freswater bream. Jour. Fish. Biol. 50:250-263.

[22] Laurent, P. 1984. Gill internal morphology, p. 73-183. In: W.S. Hoar & D. Randall (Eds). Fish Physiology. Orlando, Academic Press, 456p.

[23] Leino, R.L. 1996. Reaction of rodlet cells to a myxosporean infection in kidney of the bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus. Can. Jour. Zool. 74:217-225.

[24] Mazon, A. de F.; M.N. Fernandes; M.A. Nolasco & W. Severi. 1998. Functional morphology of gills and respiratory area of two active rheophilii fish species, Plagioscion squamosissimus and Prochilodus scrofa. Jour. Fish. Biol. 52:50-61.

[25] Moron, S.E. & M.N. Fernandes. 1996. Pavement cell ultrastructural differences on Hoplias malabaricus gill epithelia. Jour. Fish Biol. 49:357-362.

[26] Tijaro, R.; M. Rueda; A. Santos-Martinez. 1998. Population dynamics of the Madamango sea catfish Cathorops spixii at the Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta and Pajarales coastal lagoons, Colombian Caribbean. Bol. Invest. Marinas y Costeras, Cerro Punta Betin, 27:87-102.

[27] Zavala-Camin, L.A. 1996. Introdução aos estudos sobre alimentação natural em peixes. Maringá, Eduem, 129p.